Another favorite are nasturtium leaves. When I was a boy in the UK I only ever found P. brassicae on Nasturtium. Maybe P. rapae only occasionally feeds on that plant, or I missed its less obvious larvae. Adam. An update to this post, in Australia its common on nasturtium, they lay on this as a pref...

Annarobertson1947 wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 7:42 am Thanks John, thats extremely interesting, a show of real intelligence.
Have always wondered about Aedon.
Your insight is greatly appreciated

I am referring to the butterflies intelligence in working out the trap ,
I think my comment came across a bit wrong

Thanks Wallastoni,
I use Agrias site a lot.
I was meaning field observations on behavior.

Are there any observations from Ecuador or other sth American countries??

Thanks John, thats extremely interesting, a show of real intelligence.
Have always wondered about Aedon.
Your insight is greatly appreciated

Im posting in Lepidoptera instead of the Agrias chat segment because its a general question not suitable for show my favorite specimen section . Is there a combination of reasons for Agrias aedon to be scarce in collections as it occurs over a large range and supposedly along with other Agrias speci...

wollastoni wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2024 3:48 pm Alexandre doesn't sell everyweek on eBay. He usually lists specimens once or twice a month. He is often in Ecuador.

Thanks, i wasn't aware he traveled

bobw wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2024 7:29 am

Annarobertson1947 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:43 pm Yep, same result i got ,nothing to show
Will wait and tryin a week or so

That's because he's got nothing for sale right now.

I was wondering as he usually is on Ebay, thought i got Ebay name wrong :

Yep, same result i got ,nothing to show
Will wait and tryin a week or so

Ahhh ,so i forgot 15, getting old
Thanks

Hi, i lost my contacts with Ebay seller "Ameriana"
Can anyone tell me if he goes by another Ebay name?

So as far as i can see, mauensis orange form female became the dominant form for aurantiaca immaculatus and so on.

Hi everyone,
Just a bit puzzled over A.pericles females , I'm seeing that lets take as an example, pericles aurantiaca and mauensis ,the females in particular are to me identticle,
There is a shift in males acrossssp but the females are very consistent generally.
Any thoughts ??

Only recently i had conversations with Chuch , a delightful man
RIP Sir.

Hello Tim ! Congratulations are in order for finishing up your schooling. 🙏🎉☺️ Very nice to see you once again posting some of your acquisitions. Have missed your presence here on the forum but, hope to see more of you here now as youthful collectors help to invigorate our forum ! A. narcissus is c...

I notice that most Agrias collections are mainly male specimens, is it because females are rarer or males are more attractive.?
I would have thought that a collection of pairs would be a preference

A couple more of my Agrias with data Female A claudina croesus from Kempton Show London. Male A sardanapalus lugina form godmani from Chuck Ianni. Dave, the correct ID of your second Agrias is a Agrias claudina lugina form orleansi . Please note that "sardanapalus" is a ssp of claudina (f...

On the topic of Agrias ( apologies to those that are shaking their fingers in admonishment ) yes, I said Agrias, is there anyone who can tell me the paper that puts Agrias in Prepona.
Can't find online.

wollastoni wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:08 am There is a "Make an offer" button. Nobody will pay so much for elephenor, don't worry.

Oh I'm not worried, you can't take money with you, but on second thoughts , cant take butterflies either

Now my final question on this subject as i now have a good understanding of this . Aduse-Poku seems to not recognise C. Lydiae as,a member of Charaxini in his system of classification. Thierry Bouyer has given Lydiae a separate monospecific genus, stating it as unique in regards to all other Charaxi...